(Im)Possibility of Judicial Reconstruction of the Relatively Unable Patient’s Will, Within the Scope of Medical Treatments

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v49n1a2021-59476

Keywords:

Advance directives, Relative disability, Private autonomy, Judicial reconstruction of will

Abstract

This article seeks to offer an answer to the following problem: is it possible to assure the patient, already in the condition of incapacity, some form of exercise of the right to decide on care and treatments that he wants, or not, to receive, despite not having done advance directives? The most relevant aspects of private autonomy were studied, within the scope of the doctor-patient relationship, supported by scientific inductive and deductive methods, through bibliographic and documentary research. Currently, only lucid patients, or those who have formalized advance directives, before becoming incapable, are recognized the right to decide
which medical treatments they accept, or not, to receive. The hypothesis points to the judicial reconstruction of the will as an alternative that can adequately promote the exercise of the private autonomy of disabled
patients, when in situations of risk relevant to one's own health. In the end, it concludes by the legitimacy of the judicial reconstruction of the will, based on compatible interpretation with the legal treatment given to the person incapacitated, which takes into account her subjective wills and preferences.

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Author Biographies

Taisa Maria Macena de Lima, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Master's degree in law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1985) and a doctorate in law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1990). Currently an adjunct professor IV at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Federal Judge of Labor-Labor Justice. Experience in the area of Law, with an emphasis on General Theory of Law, working mainly on the following themes: personality rights, civil liability, biota law, interfaces between civil law and labor law, microsystems in national private law.

Manoel Antônio Silva Macedo, PUC MINAS

Possui graduação em Direito concluída em 2000, pelas Faculdades Integradas de Vitória (FDV). Atualmente é Juiz de Direito titular da 4ª Vara Cível e Empresarial de Marabá - Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Pará. Mestre em Direito Privado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), na Linha de Pesquisa: Reconstrução dos Paradigmas do Direito Privado no Contexto do
Estado Democrático de Direito. Doutorando em Direito Privado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), na Linha de Pesquisa: Novos Paradigmas, Sujeitos e Direitos.

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Published

2021-09-07

How to Cite

Macena de Lima, T. M., & Silva Macedo, M. A. (2021). (Im)Possibility of Judicial Reconstruction of the Relatively Unable Patient’s Will, Within the Scope of Medical Treatments. Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia, 49(1), 138–160. https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v49n1a2021-59476

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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2021): Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

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